Interchangeable jewel mounting



March 26, 1929. L. BAUM Y INTERCHANGEABLE JEWEL MOUNTING F'iled Oct. 27,1925 f 6 4 lr e 4/ .JZ/H 4. 2 4 4 Cil ii l) Patented Mar. 26, 1929.

`UNITED STATES 1,707,211 PATENT OFFICE.

LEO BAUM, OFl LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA; ALEXANDER RUSSILL BOND IEXECUTORF SAID LEO BA'U'M, DECEASED.

INTERCHANGEABLE JEWEL MOUNTING.

`Application led October 27,1925.

This invention relates to jewelry and more partieularly to aninterchangeable jewel mounting to be usedon jeWelry,`suoh as rings, `tormounting different Stones or otherornaniente. i Y

The general obj eet of the invention is `to lprovide an iniproved`interehangeable jewel mounting of the eharaoter stated which will besimple in Construction and efficient in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

Referring to the annexed drawing which torres a part otthiespeoitlcation;

Fig. l is a front viev7 otone form of iny invention embodying a loeletapplied to a ring.

Fig. 2 a plan view otniy invention as @hewn in Fig'. l, Showing thelocket closed.

Fig. 3 ie a `plan View of iny invention as shown in Firb l, and 2,showing the plate removed and the loeket open.

Fi 4l :is a loi'igitudinal section. ot iny invention :is .shown in Figs.l, 2 and 3 taken on line l-lf ot Fig. 2. i

Fig. 5 a front view ot another 'torni of my invention enibodying a etonevmounting applied to a ring.

ilig. (i ,is a longitudinal Ieeetion oit another i'orni ot stonemounting talrenon line (fi-"6 ot Fig. 7.

Fig. is a plan View ojt the `torni of mounting shown in Fig. 6. i l

.if 8 is a Crees section of the mounting shown in Figs. (i and Fig. if.y

My invention as shown in l to l inelueiive is in the 'forni of a locketl applied to a .ring 2 which torined with a recessed or locket body 3.The loelret body :ie formed with upstanding beveled under-cut guides ialong the side edges thereof.` A plate 5 et suitable metal euch ae gold.platinum or the like ie termed with beveled eide edges 3 and is adaptedto Slide on the loclret body 3 With its beveled eide edges 6 engagingthe under cut beveled guides il. A spring Wire catch 7 ie located on theunder eide of the plate 5 and is iornied with a threaded end E5, bent atright angles thereto and screwed into the under .eide ot' the plate 5near one end thereof, and with a catch engaging part 9 on the lower4eide ot the outer end of the catch for engaging a Socket l in the lowerWall ot the lool/tet body at one end thereof to lock the plate on thelocket body.

The plate 5 is provided with a longitudi nal groove Al2 in its underside to receive the 7 taken on line 8"-8 of semi No. 65,082."`

catch 7 when. .sprung up to dieengage the part 9 trornthe socket 10 tounlock the plate 5 so that it inay be slid off the locket body to openthe loeket. y

The end Wall of the locket body adjacent the socket 10 is provided Witha groove 13 through which `the outer end of the catch 7 extends intoanotch lll in the outer side of said end Wall, `when the plate 5 ielooked by the catch on the loeket body to oloee the loelet, therebeingalso a Corresponding notch 14 in the endet the plate 5. A small plate 16is secured on the outer end ot the Catch 7 and ie Slidably fitted in thenotch lll and l-i to close Said notchand give the ring a neat linie-h.`The plate lGniay be engaged at itel lower edge by altool and pressedupwardly to dieengage the catch engaging puri, E) :lfroiu the socket l()to unlock the locket.

My invention asshown in Fig-e. (i to 5% inelusive in the forni of aninter-ehangeable mounting 4l() tor mountingl a @tone Lil and a letter orother ornament 4t2 on a rin 2. The mounting 4() comprises a plate elf-L'with up- Standing end Walls del toi-ined with beveled under-cut innersides e5, i pon ndiioh plate is placed the stone 4l by .sliding thestone eidevviee between the ende Walle le with the beveled end edgeey i6of the etone engaging the beveled inneriaces i5 ot said end Walle.

The Stone 1-l and ornament l2 are secured on the'plate by rivets 11i-.7,and i118, which extend through the plate7 the stone and the ornament,the rivet@1 being soldered at their outer ende in the ornament 42 andburniehed at their inner ends in the plate 8.

The plate 4:3 is formed with an einboeenient on its; under eide near oneend thereot, into which ie screwed the threaded end S of a catch Thestone il is of slightly leise Width than the plate 4:3, so that themount 1 ing may be inserted on the top olf the body with the side edgesot the plate engaging the under out guides 4l without the inner ed oitsaid guides engagingthe side edges oi the stone, thus protecting `thestone lll from being broken by any pressure thereupon by the metalguidee t. The catch engagin part 9 engages the Socket l() in the body Sito lock the niountingon the ring.

To change Stones on the rin g it is; only neeeeaary to unecrew the nut8l from the lower end of the Sleeve 78, lift the plate TG oil the headand substitute another plate and Stone.

I conceive it to be possible to change or sid'esof said body, a' platelformed with beveled opposite `side edges adapted to slide over saidrecessed body,`witl1 its beveled edges inter-engaging Witlisaid undercut guides, a

springcatch securedat one 'end to the under sid'eof saldplate and formedWith an engaging parten its other lend, said body having a lsockettherein to be engaged by said 'engaging part tolock theplate on thebody, said body 'and said plate being provided with notches at one fend,vand fa small" plate secured to the outer 'end'of said catch andslid'ably'- fitted in Ysaid notches t'o Aloe engaged for unlocking"theczrrtchV 2.*In a] sides of said body,` a plateforme'd with up-'standin'g guides at its ends,`the`inner sides -ofsaid guides beingunder 'cut to receive the beveled edges of a stone to hold the stone oni thee lplz'itefthe stone being of slightly less A evvel mountingasdisclosed, a recess'edbo'dy, under 'cut guides along 'opposlte Widththan the plate, an ornament on top of the stone, rivets extendingthrough said plate, said stone and the ornament for holding the plate,the stone and the ornament lirmly together, said plate being adapted toslide over said recessed body with its side edges engaging the under cntguides on said body, with the inner sides oi said guides spaced slightlyfrom the side edges of said stone, and catch means for locking the plateon said recessed body.

In a device 'of the character described, a recessed body, a. lidtherefor, the body and lid being formed with inter-engaging parts topermit sliding movement of the `lid on the body a spring secured to thenn der side of the lid 'and formed with a catch at the free end thereof,the body being formed `with Ya socket to receive the catch when the lidis in closed position, the lid and the body being formed With notchesmutually alined when the lid is in closed position, and a plate securedto the free end of the spring and slidable invsaid notches flush withthe outer surface of the lid and body.

LEO BAUM.

